In January 1523 the battered survivors of the Order of St. John sailed from Rhodes after six months against Suleiman the Magnificent. This short history follows them to Malta, through the Great Siege of 1565, the workings of the Order’s constitution under its Grand Masters, and the long decline that ended when Napoleon took the island in 1798.
A compact, well-organised account of the crusading order’s Maltese centuries for readers new to the subject. Download the free EPUB.